The overprotectiveness of Eddie can also be seen when Catherine has a chance to work outside in an office near the dock. Eddie always argues Catherine
and Beatrice‘s opinions about the job. He wants Catherine to work in a nice office not in the same neighborhood. He does not like the neighborhood where
Catherine works.
EDDIE .....Please, do me a favor, will ya? I want you to be with different
kind of people. I want you to be in a nice office.......; dont go practically in the same kind of neighborhood. p. 15
EDDIE. somehow sickened I know that n
eighborhood, B. I don‘t like it. Eddie‘s overprotectiveness has become more ungraceful, his act as an uncle
becomes more exessive and overwhelming. It shows when Eddie thinks that Catherine will leave him and move away from his house when she has got the job.
Eddie does not want Catherine to leave him, he wants her to still remains in the same house with him.
EDDIE.
And then you‘ll move away.
EDDIE. grinning
Why not? That‘s life. And you come visit on Sunday, then once a month, then Christmas and New Yea
r‘s, finally. p. 17 The conversations above say that as an uncle, Eddie‘s act is too exaggerate.
His role surpasses father‘s role. Now, his protectiveness turns to possesiveness.
3. Possessive
During the play, in Act One or in the beginning of the play, once more Eddie‘s characteristic changes as he does not want Catherine to leave him when
she got a job. His protectiveness surpasses his role as an uncle, now he likes a man who does not want to lose his beloved girl. His protectiveness turns into
possesiveness in a rapid ways.
In Act One, the beginning of Eddie‘s possessiveness can be seen through his action when Catherine and Rodolpho go to the cinema. Eddie and Beatrice tussle
in conversation about Catherine and Rodolpho relationship. In the conversation Eddie mentions that he is worried about their relationship. He does not like
Rodolpho as he thinks that he only uses Catherine for his purposes.
EDDIE.
I‘ll be all right, B; just lay off me, will ya? I‘m worried about her.
BEATRICE. The girl is gonna ei
ghteen years old. It‘s time already.
EDDIE.
B., he‘s taking her for a ride p. 41 Those conversations show that Eddie‘s role is beyond an uncle‘s role to his
orphaned niece. He does not want to let her go from his side, eventhough Catherine has the right to go from the house as she is eighteen now. Those
conversations also imply that Eddie wants Catherine for himself and no body can take her away from him. It shows his possesiveness to Catherine, his niece.
The other act of possesiveness can be seen from the conversation between Eddie and Catherine when she goes back home, he confronts Catherine as she is
just back from walking around with Rodolpho. He says something unusual for an uncle to his niece. What he says to Catherine is just like a husband to his wife. It
shows how Eddie‘s possesiveness growing stronger.
EDDIE.
I don‘t see you no more. I come home you‘re running around someplace.
EDDIE.
. . . . It‘s just used to come home, you was always there. The acts of possessiveness that Eddie shown has led him into his new
characteristic. His possessiveness led him into his jealousy of Catherine and Rodolpho relationship.
4. Jealous
